Mid-Neoproterozoic diabase dykes from Xide in the western Yangtze Block, South China: New evidence for continental rifting related to the breakup of Rodinia supercontinent

The petrogenesis of widespread Mid-Neoproterozoic mafic dykes is crucial for the paleographic position of the South China Block (SCB) in Rodinia supercontinent and the mechanism of Rodinia breakup. Here, new detailed geochronological and geochemical data on the diabase dykes from Xide in the western...

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Main Authors: Cui, X., Jiang, X., Wang, J., Wang, Xuan-Ce, Zhuo, J., Deng, Q., Liao, S., Wu, H., Jiang, Z., Wei, Y.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier 2015
Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT140100826
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32678